Chaucer, Geoffrey (1343?–1400).
Poet of middle english and one of the foremost figures in english literature. No record remains of the education that gave Chaucer lifelong familiarity with Latin and several vernacular languages and literatures. However, as the son of a well-off London vintner, he had educational and social advantages that must have helped form his views. He may have attended the Inner Temple; by ... ...
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